Advisors can be an important part of any startup as they build their service, make decisions, and decide what to focus their time and energy on. Image from Shutterstock One thing to mention before getting into this post is that folks I spoke with about their advisors were generally split down the middle; sometimes they [...]
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Thinking about advisors
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 30, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/11/30/thinking-about-advisors/
Steve Blank event in NYC – Entrepreneurs Discussion
Steve Blank spoke to a group of entrepreneurs On November 12th 2009, about the Customer Development Process and running a lean startup. It was a great night with great questions throughout – I hope it do it again the next time Steve is in town. We hope to do something similar to this in the [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 23, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/11/23/steve-blank-event-in-nyc-entrepreneurs-discussion/
Never Launch, Just Iterate
Image by digitaltree515 via Flickr Last week I hosted a group of NYC entrepreneurs who came out to hear from Steve Blank. It was a great event and I am working on getting the video online. During the night Steve asked the audience a great question; “when did Google launch?” It was met with blank [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 17, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/11/17/never-launch-just-iterate/
Does Page Rank matter?
Image via CrunchBase When consulting with companies about “how their website is doing” one of the first things people checkout is the Google PR or Page Rank of the site. To check the PR of your site officially you have to install the Google browser tool bar which will show you a small green bar [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 12, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/11/12/does-page-rank-matter/
Launching the new USV.com
I was very happy earlier this week to launch an updated version of the Union Square Ventures website. The site was designed by Phoebe Espiritu who did a great job working with our team and iterating on our design direction and brainstorms. We ended up with a very clean design with a few dynamic features [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 10, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/11/10/launching-the-new-usv-com/
Data Exhaust
One of the most powerful things I have learned over the past year is the immense amount of data that comes out of using a computer system, specifically some form an online web based experience. At Union Square Ventures, we refer to this as data exhaust, or sometimes called digital exhaust, because it is the [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 5, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/11/05/data-exhaust/
Startup Analogies: Fixing a flying plane
I have been compiling a growing list of analogies (some cliché) I hear in my world either from VC’s, Entrepreneurs, Lawyers, or anyone else in the startup ecosystem. There is no rhyme or reason to the order of these but I think they are worth sharing. I will provide attribution only if I get permission. [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 15, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/09/15/startup-analogies-fixing-a-flying-plane/
Overnight Success? Think again
I love the chart below showing years to revenue for many large companies. I also love the chart from tableausoftware.com and I am looking forward to trying out creating my own visual datasets. The Business Intelligence junkies who read this blog will hopefully share my appreciation for this graph. Go ahead – select one of [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 31, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/08/31/overnight-success-think-again/
FriendDA
I have become a fan of the term FriendDA recently (say it out loud and it should make sense) and I have started hearing it a lot more. Some call it slightly more hearty than a handshake and even built a site dedicated to the FriendDA while others say its a mutual exchange and nothing [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on July 9, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/07/09/frienda/
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